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January 5 - January 28, 2025
Too much, too many, and too often of what you want becomes what you don’t want.
8. Money Alone Is Not the Solution.
9. Relative Income Is More Important Than Absolute Income.
Absolute income is measured using one holy and inalterable variable: the raw and almighty dollar.
Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours.
relative income is the real measurement of wealth for the New Rich.
The top New Rich mavericks make at least $5,000 per hour.
10. Distress Is Bad, Eustress Is Good.
eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.
Conquering Fear = Defining Fear
“Is this the condition that I feared?”
Uncovering Fear Disguised as Optimism
There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, “Oh, it’s hopeless, so don’t bother doing anything,” and an optimist who says, “Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway.” Either way, nothing happens.
Fear itself is quite fear-inducing.
Most who avoid quitting their jobs entertain the thought that their course will improve with time or increases in income.
Do you really think it will improve or is it wishful thinking and an excuse for inaction?
Don’t save it all for the end. There is every reason not to.
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. —MARK TWAIN
Write down your answers, and keep in mind that thinking a lot will not prove as fruitful or as prolific as simply brain vomiting on the page.
What are you putting off out of fear? Usually, what we most fear doing is what we most need to do.
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
As I have heard said, a person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear.
inaction is the greatest risk of all.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
It was a difficult challenge, perhaps impossible, and the other students would outdo them.
Firepower up the wazoo and no trigger finger.
Doing the Unrealistic Is Easier Than Doing the Realistic
the five 8s. If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself.
There is just less competition for bigger goals.
What Do You Want? A Better Question, First of All
The opposite of love is indifference, and the opposite of happiness is—here’s the clincher—boredom.
Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your “passion” or your “bliss,” I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn’t, “What do I want?” or “What are my goals?” but “What would excite me?”
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automated source of cash flow.
This is how most people work until death: “I’ll just work until I have X dollars and then do what I want.”
The Fat Man in the Red BMW Convertible
Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract “failure.”
Dreamlining is so named because it applies timelines to what most would consider dreams.
The goals shift from ambiguous wants to defined steps.
The goals have to be unrealistic to be effective.
Living like a millionaire requires doing interesting things and not just owning enviable things.
‘Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ You won’t believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the courage to repeatedly fail better.”
DREAMLINING WILL BE fun, and it will be hard. The harder it is, the more you need it.
Do not limit yourself, and do not concern yourself with how these things will be accomplished.
Sample Dreamline
I’m not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.
you need to develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others.
